H2yOu is a geographic literacy water project that uses storytelling to connect people all over the world to water, and to each other. Teacher Laura Schetter came up with the idea for H2yOu during her experiences as a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow of National Geographic/Lindblad Expeditions. “H2yOu is a project where students and explorers all over the world share and compare what is unique about how they source, care for, and conserve our shared global resource of water," Schetter writes. "This geographic literacy project was designed to inspire water conservation and action, and to raise awareness on the geographic and human connectedness of water.”
The objectives of H2yOu are to:
The site contains teacher activity plans, discussion questions, and field trip ideas. It also contains ideas for writing projects about water that are linked to ELA standards at various grade levels. Educators and their students may share their water stories and read other students' stories from around the world.
The objectives of H2yOu are to:
- Understand where drinking water is sourced from
- Explore and connect to local environment through water
- Learn unique qualities and conservation concerns of local water
- Create and share a water story on an international platform
- Compare and contrast local water to other water sources worldwide
The site contains teacher activity plans, discussion questions, and field trip ideas. It also contains ideas for writing projects about water that are linked to ELA standards at various grade levels. Educators and their students may share their water stories and read other students' stories from around the world.
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